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Questions about work and career
7 hand-curated question banks on work and career, each tailored to a specific relationship. What you ask your mom isn't what you ask your best friend.
- Coworker
32 Questions to Ask a Coworker About Their Work and Career
32 career-story questions colleagues never ask each other — how they got here, the job that taught them most, what they'd tell their younger self.
- Dad
32 Questions to Ask Your Dad About Work and His Career
32 questions to ask your dad about work and career — first jobs, bosses, what being the provider meant, and what he'd tell his younger self.
- Grandma
30 Questions to Ask Your Grandma About Her Work and Career
30 hand-curated questions about your grandma's working life — the narrow options open to women of her era, and the farm and home work that never counted.
- Grandpa
30 Questions to Ask Your Grandpa About His Work and Career
30 hand-curated questions about your grandpa's working life — the trade he learned, the war served as work, the job held for life, and the man it made.
- Mom
30 Questions to Ask Your Mom About Her Work and Career
30 hand-curated questions for your mom about her working life — the jobs she held, the trade-offs she made, and the unpaid work of raising you.
- Partner
30 Questions to Ask Your Partner About Work and Career
Thirty questions for the partner you share a life with about their work: the ambition, the stress they carry home, and whether they feel backed by you.
- Sibling
30 Questions to Ask Your Sibling About Work and Career
Thirty questions for the sibling who started where you did and chose differently — the careers you compare, the rivalry, what they think of the work.